No I wanted to establish that you agree that a terrible coach riding players he shouldnt (because he left better players at home) is not the players fault in any way.
Dave Cameron deserves credit for the success of this team, not Easton Cowan's single 20 minute game where they were trying to score at all costs.
"Long story short, playing Cowan a ton = loss."
It's literally just about being a maple leaf to you though
"Canadian squad wasn't that good"
Always thought Canada should just load up and overwhelm the other teams with talent. Key is finding talent that can actually defend and build some chemistry.
Iginla only had surgery after he found out he wasn’t being selected.
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You dont know that Iginla only had surgery because he was not selected. I understood he was not selected because he was having surgery.
Watch videos of "cocky" boxers. Always land on their butts quick.
"Canadian squad wasn't that good"
AND ....they came in cocky.
Bad combo.
In Calgary streets saying he only chose surgery after being told he wasn't selected, fwiw
www.nytimes.com
It was announced Iginla wasn't selected. Only then did he have surgery. The timing makes more sense if the lack of selection led to surgery date.
Pretty sure it was posted in one of these threads from an authoritative source that Iginla decided for surgery once he was told he didn’t make it.
That whole article is really a must read. A lot of defending Cameron, blaming the refs, blaming Schaefer's injury, Salmond even noting that it sounds like they are making excuses, Anholt indicating his belief that practice doesn't improve chemistry and bringing better offensive players doesn't lead to more goals. At least Salmond admits that he hired the management and staff, so the head that needs to roll first is obvious.Hockey Canada brass stand by choices after second straight World Juniors ‘disaster’
Canada's quarterfinal exit at the World Juniors boiled down to too many penalties and not enough goals.
Anholt said they “wanted to have a back end that could really skate and defend with their legs and I think we proved that that was correct.”
“You create a team that you fit in different roles and to be successful you need to do that,” Anholt said. “I don’t think that just looking at stats and bringing the most goals or the most assists, I don’t think that, that really does it. I think you have to look at character, you have to look at how they compete in any situation and I think we were comfortable with the group.”
I don’t even know what to say….. this has to be trolling at this point
Cowan was a good choice for team Canada this year, a better choice than many forwards that were picked anyways. The problem was him playing the wrong role, and that's all on Cameron.
Maybe Iginla did opt for surgery after but since he needed season ending hip surgery he probably should not have been selected.
Hockey Canada brass stand by choices after second straight World Juniors ‘disaster’
Canada's quarterfinal exit at the World Juniors boiled down to too many penalties and not enough goals.
Anholt said they “wanted to have a back end that could really skate and defend with their legs and I think we proved that that was correct.”
“You create a team that you fit in different roles and to be successful you need to do that,” Anholt said. “I don’t think that just looking at stats and bringing the most goals or the most assists, I don’t think that, that really does it. I think you have to look at character, you have to look at how they compete in any situation and I think we were comfortable with the group.”
I don’t even know what to say….. this has to be trolling at this point
